What have policy and research organizations learned and advocated about this issue. BEWARE: Often these organizations are politically biased. Carefully read "About" pages for clues and look for terms like "non-partisan".
Use the search engine to look for information regarding legislation, city programs, and best practices by topic or issue. Includes news, reports, and videos.
Publishes research including the State of Black America each year. The mission of the Urban League movement is to enable African Americans to secure economic self-reliance, parity, power and civil rights.
The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank which advocates for the needs of low- and middle-income workers in economic policy discussions.
Analysis of city issues from an economic point of view, with an emphasis on the impact of federal policies.
Find a Policy Specific Organization
There are many more research organizations dedicated to specific policy issues. Try searching for them using "policy" with the keywords of your issue. E.g. public transit policy
Custom search engine that searches through non-governmental (e.g. Red Cross, Doctors without Borders, Amnesty International) organization sites, providing background and commentary on international issues.